Talk Baseball This Saturday at League Park

This Saturday, the local SABR chapter will have its annual fall meeting at League Park from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM. Even if you are not a member, guests are welcome and you should consider stopping by for the day’s festivities.

A $5 donation to the Baseball Heritage Museum at League Park will grant you admission for a day full of baseball talk, plus free pop and snacks for everyone. It also gives you a fantastic opportunity to see the renovated League Park grounds and the Baseball Heritage Museum.

The schedule for the day is as follows:

9:30-9:40: Welcome and announcements
9:40-10:20: Jim Odenkirk author of the new book Of Tribes and Tribulations: The Early Decades of the Cleveland Indians
10:20-11:00: Russ Schneider, author, retired Plain Dealer writer
11:00-11:45: Paul Hoynes, writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer
11:45-12:00: Book Raffle
12:00-1:00: Lunch
1:15-1:50: Robyn Marcs, author of Out of Left Field (on the 1913 Cleveland Naps)
1:50-2:10: Trivia with Rick Bradley
2:15-3:00: Panel on Blogging*
3:00-3:30: Tony Melodia, a discussion of baseball topics